D'uccle Thread

[FairLeaBantams]

Thanks guys! I'll definitely post more pics as they mature, I'm super excited now. I just had another chick from the same breeding hatch and its a much more normal, lighter color. Interesting. One of the little dark guys is perfectly round, pretty much the size and shape of a ping pong ball.

 

[mstricer]

Okay I'm going ask again. If I breed my Black Mottled d'Uccle to my Mille will that be bad or doable?

 

[vjwilmoth]

I was pretty sure she was a pullet.

Okay I'm going ask again. If I breed my Black Mottled d'Uccle to my Mille will that be bad or doable?

I'm sorry. I got a d'uccle by accident and she's only 6 weeks old so I know nothing about breeding. Hopefully someone will know though.

 

[vjwilmoth]

Well I could look through 497 pages on here but I'm lazy so... who has d'uccles and regular sized chickens too? I'm dying to know how much smaller d'uccles are. Here's a pic of my sweet Waffles and her Isa Brown buddy Cuddles. They are both 6 weeks old.

 

[FairLeaBantams]

Okay I'm going ask again. If I breed my Black Mottled d'Uccle to my Mille will that be bad or doable?

I'm one of these people that likes to see what weird colors I can come up with so I say go for it!!! I'm trying to breed a black mottled with a gold neck right now, just to see what happens, I'll let you know what I get if the hen ever decides to give me some eggs! I have a chick from a blue cochin/partridge cochin cross and it's blue but with the partridge pattern. I'm hoping it stays that way as it gets older, it's pretty neat.

 

[hdowden]

Okay I'm going ask again. If I breed my Black Mottled d'Uccle to my Mille will that be bad or doable?

i would try it and see what happens

im going to breed my self blue to my porcelain (yes i know there can be problems with this pairing) im hoping that since my self blue is hatchery it will work out alright only trying a few breedings and hatchings will i truly know for sure

 

[fuzzybutt love]

are the lav/porcelain pairings bad for feather issues, or is it bad health-wise?

 

[hdowden]

for the most part most that have tried have said their chicks have died at a couple of weeks, they failed to thrive so health wise.

 

[teddiliza]

Okay I'm going ask again. If I breed my Black Mottled d'Uccle to my Mille will that be bad or doable?

I don't think you'd have any problems if you aren't concerned about the resulting colors.

 

[teddiliza]

Well I could look through 497 pages on here but I'm lazy so... who has d'uccles and regular sized chickens too? I'm dying to know how much smaller d'uccles are. Here's a pic of my sweet Waffles and her Isa Brown buddy Cuddles. They are both 6 weeks old.

They are pretty much a third of the body size as the big girls. Think: bantam 2-3 lbs, big chicken 6-8 lbs.